Široki Brijeg ( pronunciation ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the West Herzegovina Canton, a unit of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is one of the twelve official cities of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Name

The name of the city means "wide hill". It is sometimes referred to as Široki Brig or simply Široki ("wide"). Between 1945 and 1990, the town was officially called Lištica, after the river that flows through it.

Geography

The river Lištica runs through Široki Brijeg. The town is 20–25 km (12–16 mi) from Mostar,42 km (26 mi) from Međugorje, and 88 km (55 mi) from the Adriatic coast (Ploče).

The Široki Brijeg Municipality today numbers around 30,000 people, and the city itself about 13,000. The area of the municipality amounts to 1,168 ha (2,886 acres; 5 sq mi). The center of town is at 270 m (886 ft) above sea level, while its area is known as "lower Herzegovina". Almost the entire northern part of the municipality itself, however, belongs to "high Herzegovina", the highest point being the Bile stine ("White Rocks") near Donji Crnač.

Doci (Serbian: Доци) is a village in Bosnia and Herzegovina. According to the 1991 census, the village is located in the municipality of Široki Brijeg.

References

Coordinates: 43°15′48″N 17°28′11″E / 43.26333°N 17.46972°E / 43.26333; 17.46972

Brijeg is a village in the municipality of Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

References

Coordinates: 43°37′29″N 18°54′47″E / 43.62472°N 18.91306°E / 43.62472; 18.91306